[FSFE PR][EN] EU jeopardises its own goals in standardisation with FRAND licensingOn 19 April, the European Commission published a communication on “ICT Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market” [1] ( hereinafter ‘the Communication’ ). The Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy [2] intends to digitise industries with several legislative and political initiatives, and the Communication is a part of it covering standardisation. In general, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) welcomes the Communication’s plausible approach for integrating Free Software and Open Standards [3] into standardisation but expresses its concerns about the lack of understanding of ne cessary prerequisites to pursue that direction. EU Acknowledging the importance of Free Software weiterlesen →

Data protection frameworks must be compatible with international data flows for developing countries to benefit from the global digital economy.
National and regional legal frameworks that protect data in the ever-expanding digital economy are often outdated, incompatible or missing, UNCTAD has found. This will store up problems for the future integration of developing countries into the global economy and threaten the amazing benefits they could derive from cross-border e-commerce.